diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 5790f88..726b450 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul  4 15:27:05 UTC 2018 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- spec: enable gluster storage backend for openSUSE
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jun 25 14:17:03 UTC 2018 - jfehlig@suse.com
+
+- spec: BuildRequires glusterfs-devel when gluster support is
+  enabled
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun  5 22:56:28 UTC 2018 - jfehlig@suse.com
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 9bf768c..8f65c39 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # Then the secondary host drivers, which run inside libvirtd
 %define with_storage_rbd   0%{!?_without_storage_rbd:0}
 %define with_storage_sheepdog 0
-%define with_storage_gluster  0
+%define with_storage_gluster  0%{!?_without_storage_gluster:1}
 %define with_apparmor      0%{!?_without_apparmor:1}
 
 # Optional bits on by default
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@
     %endif
 %endif
 
+# gluster storage backend is not supported in SLE
+%if ! 0%{?is_opensuse}
+    %define with_storage_gluster 0
+%endif
+
 # numad is used to manage the CPU and memory placement dynamically for
 # qemu, lxc, and uml drivers
 %if %{with_qemu} || %{with_lxc} || %{with_uml}
@@ -285,6 +290,9 @@ BuildRequires:  device-mapper-devel
 %if %{with_storage_rbd}
 BuildRequires:  %{with_rbd_lib}
 %endif
+%if %{with_storage_gluster}
+BuildRequires:  glusterfs-devel >= 3.4.1
+%endif
 %if %{with_numactl}
 # For QEMU/LXC numa info
 BuildRequires:  libnuma-devel